page_title: Gambling on papal elections
hierarchical_section_title: Gambling on papal elections
caption_attribution_description: English: Pope Gregory XIV
context_page_description: Gambling on papal elections has at least a 500-year history. Betting on 16th-century papal conclaves are among the first documented examples of gambling on election outcomes. During the same period, gambling was also common on the outcomes of secular Italian elections, such as that of the Doge of Venice.
context_section_description: Gambling on papal elections has at least a 500-year history. Betting on 16th-century papal conclaves are among the first documented examples of gambling on election outcomes. During the same period, gambling was also common on the outcomes of secular Italian elections, such as that of the Doge of Venice.
caption: Pope Gregory XIV made gambling on papal elections punishable by excommunication.
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